penitential

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1. penitential - Noun

2. penitential - Adjective

3. penitential - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears.

A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book.

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What end impersonal, what breathless age, Incontinent of quiet and of years, What calm catastrophe will yet assuage This final drouth of penitential tears? Yvor Winters

penitential tears Source: Internet

wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words Source: Internet

Accounts exist of the severity of his penitential practices. Source: Internet

Both the dialogues and the evolving paintings were ostensive penitential lessons that even illiterate people (who were the overwhelming majority) could understand. Source: Internet

For a while, as the White Penitents approached Rome, gaining adherents along the way, Boniface IX and the Curia supported their penitential enthusiasm, but when they reached Rome, Boniface IX had their leader burnt at the stake, and they soon dispersed. Source: Internet

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